2014-08-10 $$mart grid potentially could be used by gas meters

In Sask. the plan is/was to use a one-way communicating gas $$meter, that could potentially communicate via the electricity $$meter. The collectors on poles outside our homes have 8 transmitters, so most likely BC Hydro/Fortis are planning the same thing.

More than 2 years ago, many fires had occurred in many places with many different brands of $$meters. Even before the ITRON $$meter was first installed in BC, evidence was readily available that these are fire hazards, but BC Hydro and the Liberal govt. were too eager to get the grid started to do the homework required to see the many problems, of causing fires is just one. The plan from the start was to blame the homeowner’s base and wiring – ‘it’s never the $$meter’ is their policy.

As elected representatives charged with protecting the safety of taxpayers in BC would you please respond to the Ontario Fire Marshall report below?

Thank you,

Elizabeth Borek

The Ontario Fire Marshal made a presentation in 2012, in which he outlined concerns about smart meters – all brands of smart meters – because they are basically the same. The components and designs concerned him, and they still do.